BOGART — Prince Avenue Christian wasn’t happy with its response to Savannah Christian’s physical play when the Raiders crushed Prince Avenue in last year’s Class A state semifinals.

The Wolverines and the Raiders met for an early-season rematch Friday, and this time Prince Avenue felt much better about itself after a 28-12 win against the defending Class A state champions at Brad Akins Field.

“This is just awesome, to get this one back,” Prince Avenue linebacker Christian Payne said. “The coaches said it wasn’t a grudge match, but we just wanted to play them again and have a second chance at them. We’re much happier with how we responded when they hit us in the mouth like they did last year. We just wanted to come out and play hard and play tough. We’re just a tough football team.”

Carl Mattox and Bryce Huff each scored two touchdowns and the Wolverines’ defense held Savannah Christian to 160 yards and two scores. Conner Sibley ran for 116 yards. Mattox added 80 rushing yards and two scores while Bryce Huff chipped in 72 rushing yards and two TDs.

“We went into this game thinking that if we do what we do best, we’re going to win the game,” Mattox said. “That was the biggest thing. It wasn’t too much that they were Savannah Christian and they were supposed to be so great. It’s just that you get fired up when it’s like this. The atmosphere just fired everybody up.”

Prince Avenue showed that it had learned its lesson when it drove to a touchdown on its first possession. After Savannah scored early in the third quarter to pull within 7-6, Prince Avenue scored three straight TDs to go ahead 28-6 and was never really challenged again.